Rab3A mediates vesicle delivery at photoreceptor ribbon synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6931-6936

  Tian, Miao ^a   Shan Xu, C ^a,b   Montpetit, Rachel ^a   Kramer, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE RIBBON; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MALE; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RAB3A GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84861112769     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0265-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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